8K20140617exhibit10_1


Exhibit 10.1








$300,000,000


CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
dated as of


June 11, 2014


among


TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, 
as Borrower  


TD AMERITRADE ONLINE HOLDINGS CORP.,  
as Guarantor


The Lenders Party Hereto,


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
as Co-Documentation Agents


and


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
as Administrative Agent
___________________________


J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, 
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers






        


	
				
	 
	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	Page
	


	 
	 
	 

	 
	ARTICLE I
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Definitions
	 

	 
	 
	 

	SECTION 1.01.
	Defined Terms
	1
	


	SECTION 1.02.
	Classification of Loans and Borrowings
	21
	


	SECTION 1.03.
	Terms Generally
	21
	


	SECTION 1.04.
	Accounting Terms; GAAP
	22
	


	SECTION 1.05.
	Pro Forma Calculations
	22
	


	 
	 
	 

	 
	ARTICLE II 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 The Credits
	 

	 
	 
	 

	SECTION 2.01.    
	Commitments
	23
	


	SECTION 2.02.    
	Loans and Borrowings
	23
	


	SECTION 2.03.    
	Requests for Revolving Borrowings
	23
	


	SECTION 2.04.    
	[Reserved]
	24
	


	SECTION 2.05.    
	Swingline Loans
	24
	


	SECTION 2.06.    
	Uncommitted Swingline Loans
	26
	


	SECTION 2.07.    
	Funding of Loans
	27
	


	SECTION 2.08.    
	Interest Elections
	28
	


	SECTION 2.09.    
	Termination and Reduction of Commitments
	29
	


	SECTION 2.10.    
	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	29
	


	SECTION 2.11.    
	Prepayment of Loans
	30
	


	SECTION 2.12.
	Fees
	31
	


	SECTION 2.13.
	Interest
	31
	


	SECTION 2.14.
	Alternate Rate of Interest
	32
	


	SECTION 2.15.
	Increased Costs
	33
	


	SECTION 2.16.
	Break Funding Payments
	34
	


	SECTION 2.17.
	Taxes
	34
	


	SECTION 2.18.
	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
	37
	


	SECTION 2.19.
	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	39
	


	SECTION 2.20.
	Defaulting Lenders
	40
	


	 
	 
	 

	 
	ARTICLE III
	 

	 
	 
	 





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	Representations and Warranties
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 3.01.
	Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
	41
	


	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	ARTICLE IV 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	Conditions
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 4.01.
	Effective Date
	45
	


	 	SECTION 4.02.
	Each Credit Event
	46
	


	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	Covenants of the Borrower
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 5.01.    
	Affirmative Covenants
	47
	


	 	SECTION 5.02.    
	Negative Covenants
	49
	


	 	SECTION 5.03.    
	Reporting Requirements
	54
	


	 	SECTION 5.04.    
	Financial Covenants
	56
	


	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	Events of Default
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 6.01.
	Events of Default
	57
	


	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	Guaranty
	 

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 7.01.
	Guaranty; Limitation of Liability
	60
	


	 	SECTION 7.02.
	Guaranty Absolute
	60
	


	 	SECTION 7.03.
	Waivers and Acknowledgments
	62
	


	 	SECTION 7.04.
	Subrogation
	62
	


	 	SECTION 7.05.
	Guaranty Supplements
	63
	


	 	SECTION 7.06.
	Subordination
	63
	


	 	SECTION 7.07.
	Continuing Guaranty; Assignments
	64
	


	 	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 

	 	The Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents

	 
	 	 
	 
	 





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	ARTICLE IX
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	Miscellaneous
	 

	 
	 
	 

	SECTION 9.01.    
	Notices
	67
	


	SECTION 9.02.    
	Waivers; Amendments
	67
	


	SECTION 9.03.    
	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	68
	


	SECTION 9.04.    
	Successors and Assigns
	70
	


	SECTION 9.05.    
	Survival
	73
	


	SECTION 9.06.    
	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	73
	


	SECTION 9.07.    
	Severability
	74
	


	SECTION 9.08.    
	Right of Setoff
	74
	


	SECTION 9.09.    
	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	74
	


	SECTION 9.10.    
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	75
	


	SECTION 9.11.    
	Headings
	75
	


	SECTION 9.12.    
	Confidentiality
	75
	


	SECTION 9.13.    
	Interest Rate Limitation
	76
	


	SECTION 9.14.    
	USA PATRIOT ACT
	76
	


	SECTION 9.15.    
	No Fiduciary Duty
	77
	







SCHEDULES:
Schedule II - Guarantors
Schedule 2.01     – Commitments
Schedule 3.01(b) – Subsidiaries




EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio Computations
Exhibit C – Form of Guaranty Supplement
Exhibit D – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate









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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 2014, among TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TD AMERITRADE ONLINE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower, as a Guarantor, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as syndication agent (the “Syndication Agent”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agents (the “Co-Documentation Agents”)  and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I 
 
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.    Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that would be calculated as of such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of the next preceding Business Day) in respect of a proposed Eurodollar Loan with a one-month Interest Period plus 1.0%.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate, respectively.
“ABR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loans” means Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
“Additional Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.05.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.  
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement Value” means, for each Hedge Agreement, on any date of determination, an amount determined by the Borrower in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment equal to the amount, if any, that would be payable by any Credit Party or any of its 

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Subsidiaries to its counterparty to such Hedge Agreement in accordance with its terms as if (a) such Hedge Agreement was being terminated early on such date of determination, (b) such Credit Party or Subsidiary was the sole “Affected Party” and (c) the Borrower was the sole party determining such payment amount pursuant to the provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or anti-money laundering.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the ratings by Moody’s and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:
	
				
	Index Debt Ratings:
	ABR Spread
	Eurodollar Spread
	Commitment Fee Rate

	Category 1: 
Index Debt Ratings of at least AA- by S&P/Aa3 By Moody’s
	0%
	0.875%
	0.10%

	Category 2:
Index Debt Ratings of at least A+ by S&P/A1 By Moody’s and not Category 1
	0%
	1.00%
	0.125%

	Category 3:
Index Debt Ratings of at least A by S&P/A2 By Moody’s and not Category 1 or 2
	0.25%
	1.25%
	0.15%

	Category 4:
Index Debt Ratings of at least A- by S&P/A3 By Moody’s and not Category 1, 2 or 3
	0.50%
	1.50%
	0.20%

	Category 5:
Index Debt Ratings below Category 4
	0.75%
	1.75%
	0.25%






 For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt, then the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (ii) if the ratings established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that of the higher of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency, irrespective of when notice of such change shall have been furnished 

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by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.03(g) or otherwise.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine that the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall have changed, or if such rating agencies shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agencies and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Applicable Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, Applicable Swingline Exposure and Uncommitted Swingline Exposure at such time. 
“Applicable Swingline Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (x) its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time related to Swingline Loans other than any Swingline Loan made by such Lender in its capacity as Swingline Lender, if any and (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made and held by such Lender in its capacity as Swingline Lender then outstanding (for the avoidance of doubt, without duplication of any participation interest in such Swingline Loan held by such Swingline Lender), if any.
“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

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“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Swingline Loan or (c) an Uncommitted Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of any Credit Party that (a) is a “registered broker and/or dealer” under the Securities Exchange Act or under any similar foreign law or regulatory regime established for the registration of brokers and/or dealers of securities and/or (b) is required to be registered under the Commodity Exchange Act or under any similar regulatory regime established for the registration of operators, merchants, brokers and/or dealers of commodities, including, but not limited to, future commissions merchants, introducing brokers and commodity pool operators.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any obligations relating to a lease that was accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of the Effective Date and any similar lease entered into after the Effective Date by such Person shall be accounted for as an operating lease and not a Capitalized Lease Obligation.
“CFC” means an entity that is a controlled foreign corporation of the Borrower under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code. 
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,(i) the Dodd-

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Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Change of Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) other than The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its Subsidiaries, of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or Uncommitted Swingline Loans.
“Co-Documentation Agents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $ 300,000,000.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Competitor” means (a) any competitor of the Borrower that has been identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date, (b) any retail online brokerage business that has been identified as a competitor in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date and (c) any custodian for registered investment advisors identified as a competitor in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date and who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as a competitor.

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“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period and with respect to any Person, Consolidated net income of such Person for such period, plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated net income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (ii) Consolidated income tax expense of such Person for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense of such Person for such period, and (iv) any other non-cash or extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring deductions, losses or charges made in determining Consolidated net income of such Person for such period (other than non-cash charges resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business and any deductions which require or represent the accrual of a reserve for the payment of cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period), minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated net income of such Person, any non-cash or extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains included in Consolidated net income of such Person for such period (other than non-cash gains resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business), minus (c) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated net income of such Person, any gains (or plus losses, charges or expenses) realized in connection with any disposition of property of such Person during such period, all determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period pursuant to any determination of the Leverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during such Measurement period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Measurement Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Measurement Period and (ii) if during such Measurement Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be calculated after giving  pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period; provided that, in the case of a Material Acquisition after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall be furnished with audited financial statements, or if audited financial statements are not available, other financial statements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, of each entity being acquired (or if the acquisition is of a division or branch of a larger business or a group of businesses, the audited financial statements, or if audited financial statements are not available, other financial statements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, of such larger business or group of businesses, so long as the individual activities of the acquired entity are clearly reflected in such financial statements), reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in all respects, confirming such historical results. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of a Person and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or other 

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disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000,000.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Documents” means (i) this Agreement and (ii) the Notes, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Credit Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all payment Obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables not more than 60 days past due incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all payment Obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all payment Obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all payment Obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) all payment Obligations of such Person as an account party under acceptance or similar facilities, (g) all Obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Equity Interests, valued, in the case of Redeemable Preferred Interests, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payment Obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, valued at the Agreement Value thereof, (i) all Guaranteed Debt of such Person, (j) all Obligations of such Person in respect of non-contingent reimbursement obligations pursuant to letters of credit and (k) all indebtedness and other payment Obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or other payment Obligations; provided that, if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other payment Obligations, such indebtedness or payment Obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien at the time of determination.
“Debt for Borrowed Money” of any Person means, at any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) all items that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as indebtedness on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person at such date (including Obligations in respect of non-contingent reimbursement obligations pursuant to letters of credit) and (b) all Obligations of such Person under acceptance or similar facilities at such date; provided that, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Debt for Borrowed Money shall exclude, to the extent otherwise included in the items in clause (a) or (b) above, (i) liabilities 

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payable to brokers, dealers, clearing organizations, clients and correspondents, and liabilities in respect of securities or commodities sold but not yet purchased, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of the “broker-dealer” or “commodity futures trading” business of the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries, (ii) accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (iii) to the extent constituting an “effective” hedge in accordance with GAAP, prepaid variable forward derivative instruments and prepaid variable forward contract obligations, (iv) notes, bills and checks presented in the ordinary course of business by such Person to banks for collection or deposit, (v) all obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the character referred to in this definition to the extent owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (vi) Debt of the type otherwise permitted under clauses (vii), (viii) (to the extent contractually required to be settled in the Equity Interests of the Borrower), (ix), (x) and (xiv) of Section 5.02(b); provided, further that, with respect to Hedge Agreements, Debt for Borrowed Money shall include only net payment Obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements valued at the Agreement Value.  For the purposes of calculating Debt for Borrowed Money pursuant to any determination of the Leverage Ratio, Debt for Borrowed Money shall not include Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business by or on behalf of Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries for working capital needs (but will not exclude Debt for the purpose of funding regulatory capital reflected on a Consolidated balance sheet).
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Swingline Loans or Uncommitted Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become, or the Lender Parent has become, the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

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“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“Environmental Action” means any action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non-compliance or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Permit or Hazardous Material or arising from alleged injury or threat to health, safety or the environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief.
“Environmental Laws” means any Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or any binding judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance having the force or effect of law and relating to pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.


“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group of any Credit Party, or under common control with any Credit Party, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a)(i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30 day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC or (ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 

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4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, such Plan; or (h) the failure of any insured medical Plan to satisfy the non-discrimination requirements of Section 105 of the Code.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements” for any Interest Period for all Eurodollar Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable from time to time under regulations issued from time to time by the Board (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period. 
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor or substitute page which displays an average ICE Benchmark Administration Interest Settlement Rate) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.  
“Eurodollar Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.
“Eurodollar Loans” means Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate” means with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:
	
	
	Eurodollar Base Rate

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“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VI.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, and only for so long as, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, as applicable, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as 

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applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any payment made by any Credit Party under any Credit Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient: (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Recipient is located and (c) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes resulting from any requirement of law in effect (including FATCA) on  the date such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.17(a) and (d) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f).
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Existing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01
“Existing Revolving Loan” means a “Revolving Loan” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code. 
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.  
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries ending on the last day of September in any calendar year.

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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, province, city, municipal entity or other political subdivision thereof, and any governmental, executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory agency, department, authority, instrumentality, commission, board, bureau or similar body, including, without limitation, any self‐regulatory organization as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange Act, whether Federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or foreign.
“Governmental Authorization” means any authorization, approval, consent, franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, notice, declaration or similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority.
“Guaranteed Debt” means, with respect to any Person, any payment Obligation or arrangement of such Person to guarantee or intended to guarantee any Debt, leases, dividends or other payment Obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, (a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the payment Obligation of a primary obligor, (b) the payment Obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement or (c) any payment Obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranteed Debt shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranteed Debt is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Guaranteed Debt) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Guaranteed Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement permitted under Article V that is entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Hedge Bank.
 “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
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deliver a guaranty pursuant to Section 5.01(h) and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall have executed and delivered a Guaranty Supplement.


“Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Guarantors set forth in Article VII, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(h) and each Guaranty Supplement, in each case as amended, amended and restated, modified or otherwise supplemented.


“Guaranty Supplement” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) petroleum or petroleum products, by‐products or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos‐containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant under any Environmental Law.


“Hedge Agreements” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other hedging agreements.  
“Hedge Bank” means (a) any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender in its capacity as a party to a Guaranteed Hedge Agreement or (b) any counterparty to a Guaranteed Hedge Agreement that was a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Guaranteed Hedge Agreement was entered into by such counterparty. 
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any Credit Party under any Credit Document and (b) Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 9.03(b).
“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May, 2014 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
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during such Measurement Period to the extent added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA of such Person; provided that the amortization of original issue discount, the amortization of deferred financing, legal and accounting costs, unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedge Agreements, and any interest expense on deferred compensation arrangements shall be excluded from the calculation of “Interest Expense” to the extent the same would have otherwise been included therein.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan or Uncommitted Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan (other than an Intraday Swingline Loan) or any Uncommitted Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing (subject to Section 2.03 with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing made on the Effective Date), the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that
(i)      if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and 
(ii)      any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Intraday Swingline Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).
 “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service. 
“ISDA Master Agreement” means the Master Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border) published by the International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc., as in effect from time to time.

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“Lead Arrangers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person of which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a Subsidiary.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lenders and the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders.
“Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement Period. 
“Lien” means any lien, security interest or other charge of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement intended to have the effect of a lien or security interest, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.  
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since September 30, 2013, (b) the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Credit Document or (c) the ability of the Borrower and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under any Credit Document (any such effect being a “Material Adverse Effect”).


“Maturity Date” means June 11, 2019.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Measurement Period” means, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed or has had an obligation to contribute.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).

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“Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Notes” means the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
“Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or other obligation of such Person of any kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding referred to in Section 6.01(f). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Credit Party under the Credit Documents include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Credit Party under any Credit Document and (b) the obligation of such Credit Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Credit Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Obligations of any Guarantor under the Guaranty create any guarantee by any Guarantor of any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than a connection arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” mean any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment under Section 2.19(b)).
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means such of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced: 
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(b) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that (i) are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently prosecuted and (ii) individually or together with all other Permitted Encumbrances outstanding on any date of determination do not materially adversely affect the use of the property to which they relate; 
(c) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security or employment laws or regulations or similar legislation or to secure public, statutory or regulatory obligations; 
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Debt), statutory or regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
(e) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting a Default under Section 6.01(g) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments; 
(f) easements, rights of way, covenants, zoning, use restrictions and other encumbrances on title to real property that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use of such property for its present purposes; 
(g) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensee or licensor under any operating lease or license agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) banker’s liens, rights of set off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions in the ordinary course of business; and
(i) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Post-Petition Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06(b).
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such Person upon any distribution of such Person’s property and assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.  
“Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender.
“Redeemable” means, with respect to any Equity Interest, any such Equity Interest that (a) the issuer has undertaken to redeem at a fixed or determinable date or dates, whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise, or upon the occurrence of a condition not solely within the control of the issuer or (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Regulatory Net Capital” of any Person means (a) in the case such Person is a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary”, the amount of net capital held by such Person as a broker-dealer under Section 15(c)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act and regulations promulgated thereunder (or under comparable statutes and regulations of the applicable jurisdiction) and (b) in the case such Person is a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary”, the amount of net capital held by such Person as a futures commission merchant or introducing broker under Section 4f(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations promulgated thereunder (or under comparable statutes and regulations of the applicable jurisdiction).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the Commitments then in effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, Swingline Exposure and Uncommitted Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Extensions of Credit” means as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Uncommitted Swingline Loans then outstanding.
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“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory that is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person. 
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.


“Significant Subsidiary” means, at any time, a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission, determined based upon the Borrower’s most recent consolidated financial statements for the most recently completed Fiscal Year as set forth in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (or 10-K-A) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided that in the case of a Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the determination of whether such Subsidiary is a Significant Subsidiary shall be made on a pro forma basis based on the Borrower’s most recent consolidated financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, as set forth in the Borrower’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K (or 10-K-A), as applicable, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. 
“Single Employer Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Credit Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts 

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and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, or any successor thereto.
“Stockholders Agreement” means that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2005, among the Borrower and the stockholders of the Borrower party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.


“Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries; provided that solely for purposes of Section 3.01(a), “Subsidiaries” referred to therein shall not include any Subsidiary that is specified on Schedule 3.01(b) as a Subsidiary that is in the process of being liquidated or dissolved as of the Effective Date.
“Surviving Debt” means Debt of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than Debt described in clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and (v) of the first proviso to the definition of “Debt for Borrowed Money” and Debt of the type permitted under Section 5.02(b)(x), outstanding on the Effective Date.
“Swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
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“Taxes” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
 “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate or the ABR.
“Uncommitted Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Uncommitted Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Uncommitted Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Uncommitted Swingline Exposure  at such time.
“Uncommitted Swingline Lender” means any Lender that has made an Uncommitted Swingline Loan which remains outstanding, in its capacity as a lender of Uncommitted Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Uncommitted Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.06.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. 
“U.S. Tax Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(D).
“Voting Interests” means shares of capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent Equity Interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.02.    Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”).
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any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  
SECTION 1.04.    Accounting Terms; GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until  such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision  amended in accordance herewith. All terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios shall be made without giving effect to any treatment of indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position APB 14-1 to value any such indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all computations of amounts and ratios referred to in this Agreement shall be made without giving effect to any election under FASB ASC Topic 825 “Financial Instruments” (or any other financial accounting standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Debt or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.
SECTION 1.05.    Pro Forma Calculations.  All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition, investment, sale, disposition, merger or similar event shall reflect on a pro forma basis such event and, to the extent applicable, the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of and any related incurrence or reduction of Debt, but shall not take into account any projected synergies or similar benefits expected to be realized as a result of such event.



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        ARTICLE II     
 
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.    Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of the proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10) in (a) such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.  
SECTION 2.02.    Loans and Borrowings.  (a)  Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b)    Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.  Each Swingline Loan (other than an Intraday Swingline Loan) and each Uncommitted Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan.  Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  
(c)    At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Each Swingline Loan and each Uncommitted Swingline Loan shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Loans of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.  
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03.    Requests for Revolving Borrowings.  To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (or such later date agreed to by the 

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Administrative Agent in the case of any Eurodollar Borrowing to be made on the Effective Date) or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic communication in PDF format to **** or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:  (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor and (iv) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Revolving Loans made on the Effective Date shall initially be Eurodollar Loans with (x) a Eurodollar Rate equal to the outstanding “Eurodollar Rate” applicable to the Existing Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date and (y) an Interest Period equal to the interest period that remains on the Existing Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.    [Reserved].
SECTION 2.05.    Swingline Loans.  (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lenders severally agree to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the aggregate amount of the Swingline Lenders’ total Commitments (in their respective capacities as Lenders), (ii) the Applicable Revolving Credit Exposure of any Swingline Lender (in its capacity as Lender) exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (iii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lenders shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b)    To request Swingline Loans, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by electronic communication in PDF format to **** or facsimile), not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of the proposed Swingline Loans.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loans.  The Administrative Agent will promptly advise each Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower.  Each Swingline Lender shall fund its ratable portion of the requested Swingline Loans (such ratable portion to be calculated based upon the amounts of the 

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Swingline Lenders’ respective Commitments) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Swingline Lenders by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan; provided that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent of such request between 9:00 a.m., New York City time, and 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any applicable Business Day, each Swingline Lender will use commercially reasonable efforts to fund its ratable portion of the requested Swingline Loan in the manner described above within one hour of such notice. The Administrative Agent will make such Swingline Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrower’s request.  
(c)    Each Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lenders, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loans.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lenders, ratably as among them, the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.    Any amounts received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of Swingline Loans after receipt by the Swingline Lenders of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lenders, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lenders or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.  
(d)    The Borrower may, at its option, elect to repay any such Swingline Loans on the date of borrowing thereof upon notice to the Administrative Agent at the time of borrowing, either with cash on hand or with proceeds of Revolving Borrowings made on the same day (any such Swingline Loans, the “Intraday Swingline Loans”). 



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SECTION 2.06.    Uncommitted Swingline Loans.  (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Lenders are permitted, but are under no obligation, to make Uncommitted Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Uncommitted Swingline Loans.
(b)    To request Uncommitted Swingline Loans from any Lender, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender of such request by telephone (confirmed by electronic communication in PDF format to **** or facsimile), not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time (or such later time as is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Uncommitted Swingline Lender) on the day of the proposed Uncommitted Swingline Loans.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Uncommitted Swingline Loans.  Such Lender shall fund the requested Uncommitted Swingline Loan by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Uncommitted Swingline Loan.  The Administrative Agent will thereafter promptly advise each Lender thereof.  The Administrative Agent will make such Uncommitted Swingline Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrower’s request.  
(c)    Each Uncommitted Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Uncommitted Swingline Loans outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Uncommitted Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Uncommitted Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Uncommitted Swingline Loans.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Uncommitted Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.   Any amounts received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of Uncommitted Swingline Loans after receipt by the 

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Uncommitted Swingline Lenders of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lenders or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in an Uncommitted Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d)    Any Uncommitted Swingline Loans will reduce the amount of the Revolving Borrowings available during such time such Uncommitted Swingline Loans are outstanding on a dollar-for-dollar basis.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitments of the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lenders will not be reduced as a result thereof.
SECTION 2.07.    Funding of Loans.  (a)  Each Lender shall, subject to clause (c) below, make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, or, if  later in the case of an ABR Borrowing, 60 minutes after the Administrative Agent advises such Lender pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.03, of the details of a Borrowing Request made by the Borrower to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Sections 2.05 and 2.06, respectively.  The Administrative Agent will, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 2.10(a), make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City or such other account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.
(b)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then (x) such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing, and (y) if the Borrower has also paid such amount, such amount (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest paid pursuant to clause (ii) above) shall be promptly refunded to the Borrower.
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Existing Revolving Loans on the Effective Date, and the borrowing from such Lender of Revolving Loans under this Agreement on the Effective Date, shall be effected by book entry to the extent that any portion of the amount prepaid to such Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement will be subsequently borrowed from such Lender under this Agreement.
SECTION 2.08.    Interest Elections.  (a)  Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings or Uncommitted Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b)    To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic communication or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c)    Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)    the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)    the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)    whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d)    Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)    If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.09.    Termination and Reduction of Commitments.  (a)  Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.  
(b)    The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, (x) the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments or (y) any Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed such Lender’s Commitment.
(c)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.10.    Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  (a)  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans on the Maturity Date, (ii) to the Swingline Lenders, the then unpaid principal amount of the Swingline Loans on the earlier of the 

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Maturity Date and the first date after any Swingline Loans are made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two (2) Business Days after such Swingline Loans are made and (iii) to the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, the then unpaid principal amount of the Uncommitted Swingline Loans on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after any Uncommitted Swingline Loans are made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two (2) Business Days after such Uncommitted Swingline Loans are made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b)    Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)    The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e)    Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.11.    Prepayment of Loans.  (a)  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time up to 3:00 p.m., New York City time on any Business Day to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that interest will accrue on such amount being prepaid until the next business day if such payment is received after 3:00 p.m., New York City time.
(b)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan or an Uncommitted Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lenders or the applicable Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, as the case may be) by telephone (confirmed by electronic communication or facsimile) of any prepayment hereunder not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be 

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irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.   Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13.
SECTION 2.12.    Fees.  (a)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates (it being understood that Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans shall not constitute utilization of the Commitment for purposes of calculating the commitment fees under this Section).  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b)    The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(c)    The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Swingline Lender, a fee in an amount equal to 0.50% per annum on the amount of any outstanding Intraday Swingline Loans made by such Lender, payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
(d)    All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.13.    Interest.  (a)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan (other than an Intraday Swingline Loan) and each Uncommitted Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)    The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

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(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan (other than an Intraday Swingline Loan), 2% plus the  rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section, (ii) in the case of any overdue Intraday Swingline Loan, 2% plus the rate applicable to Swingline Loans pursuant to clause (a) above or (iii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d)    Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e)    All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the ABR at times when the ABR is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable ABR or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f)    For the avoidance of doubt, Intraday Swingline Loans shall not bear interest (but the fees described in Section 2.12(c) with respect thereto shall be subject to clause (c) above if not paid when due).
SECTION 2.14.    Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a)    the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b)    the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or electronic communication or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances 

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giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that  if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
SECTION 2.15.    Increased Costs.  (a)  If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits or revenue (including value-added or similar Taxes) and (C) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the defined term “Excluded Taxes”) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
(ii)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Eurodollar Rate); or
(iii)    impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Recipient of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) , or in the case of (i) above, any Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)    If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy requirements or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)    A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.  

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(d)    Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16.    Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Eurodollar Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17.    Taxes.  (a)  Each payment by any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any law.  If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.  If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 2.17), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.  
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(c)    As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  
(d)    The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Credit Document (including amounts paid or payable under this Section 2.17(d)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  The indemnity under this Section 2.17(d) shall be paid within twenty (20) days after the Recipient delivers to any Credit Party a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or payable by such Recipient and describing the basis for the indemnification claim.  Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.  Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(e)    Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  The indemnity under this Section 2.17(e) shall be paid within twenty (20) days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent.  Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f)    (i)  Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.17(f)(ii)(A) through (E) and Section 2.17(f)(iii) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (or, in the case of a Change in Law, any incremental material unreimbursed cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.  Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or 

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certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.17(f).  If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so. 
(ii)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Lender with respect to the Borrower shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A)    in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(C)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under any Credit Document constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E and (2) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D (a “U.S. Tax Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code (c) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (d) conducting a trade or business in the United States with which the relevant interest payments are effectively connected;
(E)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under any Credit Document (including a partnership or a participating Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the 

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exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F)    any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation necessary to enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.
(iii)    If a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(f)(iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g)    If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall remit such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund plus any interest included in such refund (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) by the relevant Governmental Authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Recipient agrees promptly to return such refund to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant Governmental Authority.  Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Recipient to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Recipient to claim any tax refund or to make available its tax returns or disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or any other confidential information or require any Recipient to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(g), in no event will any Recipient be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.17(g) if such payment would place such Recipient in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such Recipient would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid.
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principal, interest, fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(b)    If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c)    If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or Uncommitted Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,  such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

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(d)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e)    If any Lender shall fail to make any Loan or payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.05(c), 2.06(c), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.19.    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)    If (x) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, (y) in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent to this Agreement or any other Credit Document requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”) or (z) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender or Non-Consenting Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender or such Non-Consenting Lender, as applicable, to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another 

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Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender or such Non-Consenting Lender, as applicable, shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. 
SECTION 2.20.    Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a)    fees shall cease to accrue on the unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);
(b)    the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;  
(c)    if any Swingline Exposure or Uncommitted Swingline Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i)    all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and Uncommitted Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and Uncommitted Swingline Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 are satisfied at such time; and
(ii)    if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent  prepay such Swingline Exposure and Uncommitted Swingline Exposure; and
(d)    so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and Swingline Exposure 

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related to any newly made Swingline Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent of any Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan unless the Swingline Lender shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lenders and the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, if any, each agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and the Uncommitted Swingline Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans and Uncommitted Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01.    Representations and Warranties of the Borrower.  The Borrower represents and warrants as follows: 
(a)    Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and (to the extent applicable in the jurisdiction of its formation) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, (ii) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation or company in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or in which the conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be licensed and (iii) has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership (as applicable) power and authority (including, without limitation, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all Governmental Authorizations) to own or lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted.
(b)    Set forth on Schedule 3.01(b) hereto is a complete and accurate list of all Subsidiaries of each Credit Party as of the date hereof, showing as of the date hereof (as to each such Subsidiary) the jurisdiction of its formation, the number of shares, membership interests or partnership interests (as applicable) of each class of its Equity Interests authorized, and the number outstanding, on the date hereof and the percentage of each such class of its Equity Interests owned (directly or indirectly) by such Credit Party and the number of shares 

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covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights at the date hereof. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in each Credit Party’s Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by such Credit Party or one or more of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Encumbrances.
(c)    The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each Credit Document to which it is or is to be a party, and the consummation of the financing transactions evidenced by each Credit Document to which it is a party, are within such Credit Party’s corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership (as applicable) powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership (as applicable) action, and do not (i) contravene such Credit Party’s charter, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other constituent documents, (ii) violate any law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award, (iii) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any payment to be made under, any loan agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material lease or other material contract or instrument binding on or affecting any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. 
(d)    No Governmental Authorization, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other third party is required for (i) the due execution, delivery, recordation, filing or performance by any Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is or is to be a party, or for the consummation of the financing transactions described herein or (ii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Credit Documents, except with respect to the exercise of any remedies with respect to, or any other transfer of, the Equity Interests of any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, giving all necessary notices to third parties and obtaining all necessary Governmental Authorizations in connection with such exercise of remedies or transfer including, without limitation, to the extent required under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s NASD Rule 1017 or any similar rule under the Commodities Exchange Act.
(e)    This Agreement has been, and each other Credit Document when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party party thereto. This Agreement is, and each other Credit Document when delivered hereunder will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party party thereto, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(f)    Except as set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.01(g), there is no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including any Environmental Action, pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, 

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validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or the consummation of the financing transactions evidenced hereby and by the other Credit Documents.
(g)    The audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2013, and the related audited Consolidated statement of income and audited Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year then ended, accompanied by an unqualified opinion of Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, copies of which have been made available to each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the Consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2013, and the related unaudited Consolidated statement of income and unaudited Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter then ended fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the Consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date (subject to normal year end audit adjustments), all in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2014, and the related unaudited Consolidated statement of income and unaudited Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter then ended fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the Consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date (subject to normal year end audit adjustments), all in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). Since September 30, 2013, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    The Consolidated forecasted balance sheets, statements of income and statements of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made available to each Lender electing to receive the same pursuant to Section 5.03 were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were reasonably believed to be reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the time such forecasts were made available to each such Lender, and represented, at the time of such forecasts were made available to each such Lender, the Borrower’s best estimate of its future financial performance (it being understood that any such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower, that the Borrower gives no assurance that such future financial performance will be realized and that actual results may differ from that in the forecasted financial information and such differences may be material).
(i)    Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information, other than forward-looking information (including any projections) and information of a general economic or general industry nature, furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any 

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Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered or made available hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished, and all filings of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that have been made with the Securities and Exchange Commission), taken as a whole, when furnished contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not materially misleading.
(j)    No proceeds of any Loan will be used for any purpose that violates, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board, as in effect from time to time.
(k)    No Credit Party is, nor is any Credit Party required to be, registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Neither the making of any Loans, nor the application of the proceeds or repayment thereof by the Borrower, nor the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, will violate any provision of any such Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
(l)    As of the Effective Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are, taken as a whole, Solvent. 
(m)    (i)    No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)    Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) for each Single Employer Plan, copies of which have been filed with the IRS and will be made available to the Lenders upon a written request to the Borrower, is complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly presents the funding status of such Single Employer Plan.
(iii)    Neither any Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or to the knowledge of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate, is reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)    Neither any Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate, no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
(n)    The operations and properties of each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, no circumstances exist that could 

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form the basis of an Environmental Action against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o)    Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates has filed, has caused to be filed or has been included in all Federal and State and other material Tax returns required to be filed by it and has paid all Taxes due, except (i) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
(p)    The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, and to the knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Loan, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws or applicable Sanctions.
(q)    The Borrower shall not, and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not use, the proceeds of any Loans (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value to any Person, to obtain or retain business, or to secure any improper advantage to any Person, or to engage in money laundering or terrorist finance, in each case in violation of any Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.    Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a)    The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.
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Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.  The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and each Guarantor, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and each Guarantor, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
(e)    The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
(f)    The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2011 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Guarantor, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Existing Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto shall have been terminated and all amounts thereunder shall have been repaid in full.
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(h)    The Lenders shall have received satisfactory projections through 2019.
(i)    The Lenders shall have received Patriot Act and “know your customer” / anti-money laundering documentation and information reasonably requested by the Lenders in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 11, 2014(and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).  
SECTION 4.02.    Each Credit Event.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Loan is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

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(a)    The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date (except those representations and warranties that are qualified by “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects), other than the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.01(f) and in the last sentence of Section 3.01(g) and those only made as of the Effective Date and except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date (other than the Effective Date), in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date (except those representations and warranties that are qualified by “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects).
(b)    At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Loan, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each borrowing of Loans (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any conversion or continuation of Loans) shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
                    ARTICLE V     
 
Covenants of the Borrower
SECTION 5.01.    Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will:
(a)    Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders that are material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with Environmental Laws and ERISA.
(b)    Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such Tax or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained.
(c)    Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks, and with such deductibles or self-insurance retentions, as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary operates.

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(d)    Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain (i) its legal existence and legal structure and (ii) to the extent material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, its rights (charter and statutory), permits, licenses, approvals, privileges and franchises except, in the case of its Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 5.02(d) or any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted under Section 5.02(e).
(e)    Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time, upon reasonable prior notice, permit the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries with any of their officers and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that representatives of the Borrower shall have the opportunity to be present at any meeting with its independent accountants; provided further that unless (x) a Default has occurred and is continuing or (y) the Administrative Agent reasonably believes an event has occurred that has a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Lenders shall coordinate the exercise of their visitation and inspection rights under this Section 5.01(e) through the Administrative Agent and limit the exercise of such rights to one time per Fiscal Year, and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or reimburse any costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with the exercise of such rights.
(f)    Keeping of Books. (i) Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account, in which true and correct entries shall be made of all material financial transactions and the assets and business of the Borrower and each such Subsidiary and (ii) maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and maintained in conformity, in all material respects, with GAAP in effect from time to time. 
(g)    Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    Covenant to Guarantee Obligations. Upon any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any CFC or Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or Broker-Dealer Subsidiary) becoming a Significant Subsidiary after the Effective Date (whether as a result of the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Significant Subsidiaries by any Credit Party or otherwise), then in each case at the Borrower’s expense and within the time period specified below (or such longer time period as the Administrative Agent may agree):
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CFC or a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or Broker-Dealer Subsidiary), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty or guaranty supplement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations,
(ii)    within 60 days after such Subsidiary becoming a Significant Subsidiary after the Effective Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, (A) a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders, of counsel for such Subsidiary (and if applicable, its direct and indirect parents) acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which counsel may be in-house counsel) as to (i) such guaranties and guaranty supplements being legal, valid and binding obligations of each Subsidiary party thereto enforceable in accordance with their terms, and (ii) such other matters as the Administrative Agent may  reasonably request, and (B) such documents and certificates relating to the organization, existence and good standing of such Subsidiary as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(iii)    at any time and from time to time, cause each such Subsidiary, and cause each direct and indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already done so and provided such parent is not a CFC or a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or Broker-Dealer Subsidiary), to promptly execute and deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of such guaranties and assignments.
(i)    Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.  Maintain in effect and enforce, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain in effect and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with  any applicable Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
(j)    Further Assurances.  (i) Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, correct, and cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to correct, any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Credit Document to which it is a party or in the execution or acknowledgment thereof, and 
(ii)    Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, any and all such further acts and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Credit Documents, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.
(k)    Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans shall be available (and the Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) solely to fund working capital needs and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower, including the financing of acquisitions (other than hostile acquisitions).
SECTION 5.02.    Negative Covenants. So long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will not, at any time:

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(a)    Liens, Etc. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties of any character (including, without limitation, accounts) whether now owned or hereafter acquired or, except to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 5.02(e), assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any accounts or other right to receive income, except:
(i)    Liens created under the Credit Documents;
(ii)    Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii)    Liens created, incurred, assumed or suffered to exist by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business upon assets owned by such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or as to which such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary has rights to create Liens thereon or held for its account to secure liabilities or obligations, actual or contingent, incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens in favor of clearing houses, clearing brokers or other entities providing clearing services and borrowings collateralized by client assets in the ordinary course of business;
(iv)    Liens securing Debt and other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed at any time (x) 15% of shareholders’ equity of the Borrower determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), minus (y) the aggregate principal amount of any Debt (other than Debt secured by such Liens permitted under this clause (iv)) of any such Subsidiaries then outstanding under Section 5.02(b)(xv); and
(v)    Liens securing Debt and other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the construction or acquisition of real estate or any refinancing thereof; provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Debt or other liabilities (and proceeds thereof and accessions and after-acquired property affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien), (ii) such Liens shall be created on or prior to or within 90 days following the date of completion of such construction or acquisition of such real estate and (ii) the amount of Debt or other liabilities secured thereby in any refinancing is not increased (other than by an amount not in excess of fees and expenses, including premiums, associated therewith).
(b)    Debt. Permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries) to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Debt, except:
(i)    Debt under the Credit Documents;
(ii)    Surviving Debt and any Debt extending the maturity of, or refunding or refinancing, in whole or in part, such Debt; provided that the terms of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are otherwise permitted by the Credit Documents; provided further that the principal amount of any Surviving Debt shall not be 

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increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such extension, refunding or refinancing plus accrued interest thereon and reasonable expenses and fees incurred in connection therewith, and no Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor with respect thereto, as a result of or in connection with such extension, refunding or refinancing; and provided further that the terms relating to principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material respect to the Credit Parties or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing any Surviving Debt being extended, refunded or refinanced and the interest rate applicable to any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt does not exceed the then applicable market interest rate;
(iii)    Debt in respect of Hedge Agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practice; 
(iv)    Debt owed to the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(v)    Debt of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after the date hereof not in contravention of this Agreement, which Debt is existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than Debt incurred solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower), and any Debt extending the maturity of, or refunding or refinancing, in whole or in part, any such Debt under this clause (v); provided that the terms of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are otherwise permitted by the Credit Documents; provided further that the principal amount of the Debt being extended, refunded or refinanced shall not be increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such extension, refunding or refinancing plus accrued interest thereon and reasonable expenses and fees incurred in connection therewith, and no Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor with respect thereto, as a result of or in connection with such extension, refunding or refinancing; and provided further that the terms relating to principal amount,  amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material respect to the Credit Parties or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Debt being extended, refunded or refinanced and the interest rate applicable to any such extending, refunding or refinancing Debt does not exceed the then applicable market interest rate;
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(vii)    Debt under performance bonds, surety bonds and letter of credit obligations to provide security for worker’s compensation claims and Debt in respect of bank overdrafts not more than two days overdue, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
(viii)    to the extent the same constitutes Debt, obligations in respect of working capital adjustments and/or earn-out arrangements in connection with any purchase or acquisition;
(ix)    Guaranteed Debt arising in the ordinary course of business pursuant to contract or applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to the Obligations of other members of securities and commodities clearinghouses and exchanges;
(x)    to the extent constituting Guaranteed Debt, indemnification obligations and other similar obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in favor of directors, officers, employees, consultants or agents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries extended in the ordinary course of business;
(xi)    (A) unsecured Guaranteed Debt of any Subsidiary with respect to unsecured payment Obligations of the Borrower and (B) Guaranteed Debt with respect to payment Obligations of any Subsidiary; provided, that the underlying obligation related to such Guaranteed Debt in this clause (B) is permitted under Section 5.02(b)(iii), (vii), (viii) or (xiv); 
(xii)    Guaranteed Debt with respect to leases in respect of real property entered into by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; 
(xiii)    contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks and other negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv)    Debt owing to insurance companies to finance insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that each insurance company financing such insurance premiums agrees to give the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days’ prior written notice before termination of any insurance policy for which premiums are being financed; and
(xv)    other Debt not otherwise permitted under this Section 5.02(b) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed at any time (x) 15% of shareholders’ equity of the Borrower determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c), minus (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any Debt (other than Debt permitted under this clause (xv)) and other liabilities secured by Liens then existing and permitted under Section 5.02(a)(iv).
(c)    Change in Nature of Business. Engage or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business substantially related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

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(d)    Mergers, Etc. Merge into or consolidate with any Person or permit any Person to merge into it, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except that:
(i)    any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that (A) in the case of any such merger or consolidation to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower shall be the surviving entity and (B) in the case of any such merger or consolidation in which the Borrower is not a party, the Person formed by such merger or consolidation shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (if a Guarantor is a party to such merger or consolidation) a Guarantor;
(ii)    the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; provided that (A) in the case of any such merger or consolidation to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower shall be the surviving entity and (B) in the case of any such merger or consolidation in which the Borrower is not a party, the Person formed by such merger or consolidation shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (if a Guarantor is a party to such merger or consolidation) a Guarantor;
(iii)    as part of any sale or other disposition permitted under Section 5.02(e), any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; and
(iv)    any Subsidiary of the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided, however, that in each case, immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e)    Sales, Etc. of Assets. Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or grant any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to grant any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
(f)    Transactions with Affiliates. Conduct, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to conduct, any transaction with any of its Affiliates except (i) on terms that are (A) in, or not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Borrower and its stockholders or (B) fair and reasonable and at least as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (ii) any Affiliate who is an individual may serve as director, officer, employee or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and may receive reasonable compensation and indemnification for his or her services in such capacity, (iii) nonexclusive licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (iv) any 

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transaction between or among the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate of the Borrower.
(g)    Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower shall not, and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not use, the proceeds of any Loans (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of  any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
SECTION 5.03.    Reporting Requirements. So long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for prompt distribution to each Lender electing to receive the same: 
(a)    Default Notice. As soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after any Financial Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence of each Default or any event, development or occurrence that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such Default or event, development or occurrence and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b)    Annual Financials. As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including therein a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and a Consolidated statement of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case accompanied by (i) an opinion as to such audit report of Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing and (ii) if prepared, a report of such independent public accountants as to the Borrower’s internal controls required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in each case certified by such accountants without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, provided that to the extent different components of such consolidated financial statements are separately audited by different independent public accounting firms, the audit report of any such accounting firm may contain a qualification or exception as to scope of such consolidated financial statements; together with (x) a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (y) a schedule in substantially the form of Exhibit B of the computations used by a Financial Officer of the Borrower in determining, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.04.

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(c)    Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year, a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and a Consolidated statement of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal quarter and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter and a Consolidated statement of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding date or period of the preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (i) a certificate of said officer stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) a schedule in substantially the form of Exhibit B of the computations used by the Borrower in determining compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.04.
(d)    [Reserved].
(e)    Litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of the commencement of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding before any Governmental Authority affecting any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including any Environmental Action, that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or the consummation of the financing transactions evidenced hereby and by the other Credit Documents.
(f)    ERISA. (i) ERISA Events and ERISA Reports. Promptly and in any event within 10 days after (A) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event has occurred, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, a statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that such Credit Party or such ERISA Affiliate has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (B) any Lender makes a written request to the Borrower for any records, documents or other information furnished to the PBGC with respect to any Plan pursuant to Section 4010 of ERISA, a copy of such records, documents and information.
(ii)    Plan Terminations. Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, copies of each notice from the PBGC stating its intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
(iii)    Plan Annual Reports. Promptly and in any event within thirty (30) days after the written request by any Lender to the Borrower, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the IRS with respect to each Single Employer Plan.

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(iv)    Multiemployer Plan Notices. Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, copies of each notice concerning (A) the imposition of Withdrawal Liability by any such Multiemployer Plan, (B) the reorganization or termination, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, of any such Multiemployer Plan or (C) the amount of liability incurred, or that may be incurred, by such Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any event described in clause (A) or (B), but only if such liability under (A), (B) or (C) could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g)    Ratings.  Promptly after Moody’s or S&P shall have announced a change in the rating established for the Index Debt, written notice of such rating change.
(h)    Publicly Available Information.  Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be.  Filing of any such report, proxy statement or other material on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) or any other publicly available database maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.03(h).
(i)    Other Information. Such other information respecting the business, financial condition or results of operations of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.
Financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(b) or (c) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) or 5.03(h) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower files such documents on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) or any other publicly available database maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the financial statements referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
SECTION 5.04.    Financial Covenants. So long as any Loan or any other Obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will:

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(a)    Leverage Ratio. Maintain as of the end of the last day of each Measurement Period a Leverage Ratio of not more than 3:00:1:00.
(b)    Regulatory Net Capital.  
(i)    Cause each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” to maintain at all times Regulatory Net Capital in compliance with applicable law but in no event less than (A) five percent (5%) of its aggregate debit items calculated using the alternative standard for net capital calculation or (B) the greater of (x) 150% of the required minimum net capital of such Subsidiary and (y) 8 1/3% of the aggregate indebtedness of such Broker‐Dealer Subsidiary using the aggregate indebtedness standard for net capital calculation.
(ii)    Cause each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” to maintain at all times Regulatory Net Capital in compliance with applicable law but in no event less than 150% of the required minimum net capital of such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary.
(c)    Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain for each Measurement Period an Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 4.00:1.00.
       ARTICLE VI     
 
Events of Default
SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing: 
(a)    (i) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when the same shall become due and payable or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan, or any Credit Party shall fail to make any other payment under any Credit Document, in each case under this clause (ii) within three (3) Business Days after the same shall become due and payable; or
(b)    any representation or warranty made by any Credit Party (or any of its officers) under or in connection with any Credit Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c)    the Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(d) (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower or any Guarantor), (e), (h) or (j), 5.02, 5.03 or 5.04(a) or (c); or 
(d)    (i) any Credit Party shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.04(b) and such failure shall remain unremedied for five (5) Business Days or (ii) any Credit Party shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Credit Document (other than described in Section 6.01(a), (b), (c) or (d)(i)) on its part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of the date on which (A) any Financial Officer 

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becomes aware of such failure or (B) written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(e)    any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of, premium or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of any Debt of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) that is outstanding in a principal amount (or, in the case of any Hedge Agreement, an Agreement Value) of at least $100,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate for all such Credit Parties and Subsidiaries (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt or otherwise to cause, or to permit the holder thereof to cause, such Debt to mature; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(f)    (i) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (A) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any  Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (B) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered or (ii) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (B) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (f)(i) of this Article, (C) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (D) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (E) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (F) take any corporate board action to authorize any of the foregoing; or
(g)    any judgments or orders, either individually or in the aggregate, for the payment of money in excess of $100,000,000 shall be rendered against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 10 consecutive days during which the payment for such judgment or order shall remain unsatisfied and a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that any such amount shall be calculated after deducting from 

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the sum so payable any amount of such judgment or order that is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance in favor of such Credit Party or Subsidiary from an insurer that is rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, which policy covers full payment thereof and which insurer has been notified, and has not disputed the claim made for payment, of such amount of such judgment or order; or 
(h)    any provision of any Credit Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01 or 5.01(h) shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against any Credit Party party to it, or any such Credit Party shall so state in writing except to the extent such Credit Party has been released from its obligations thereunder in accordance with this Agreement or such other Credit Document or such Credit Document has expired or terminated in accordance with its terms; or
(i)    a Change of Control shall occur; or 
(j)    any ERISA Event shall have occurred with respect to a Single Employer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Credit Party and/or any ERISA Affiliate in an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(k)    any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount that, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by the Credit Parties and the ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability (determined as of the date of such notification), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(l)    any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and as a result of such reorganization or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Credit Parties and the ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then in reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which such reorganization or termination occurs by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become  due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or 

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further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
                                                                  ARTICLE VII    
Guaranty
SECTION 7.01.    Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.  (a)   Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations (other than, with respect to any Guarantor, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor) of each other Credit Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and the Credit Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Credit Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Credit Party to any Lender under or in respect of the Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and the Credit Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Credit Party.
(b)    Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and each other Lender, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
SECTION 7.02.    Guaranty Absolute.  Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Lender with respect thereto. The Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the 

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Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Credit Party under or in respect of the Credit Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or whether the Borrower or any other Credit Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations):
(a)    any lack of validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(b)    any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Credit Party under or in respect of the Credit Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Credit Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c)    any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(d)    any manner of application of any collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Credit Party under the Credit Documents or any other assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)    any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f)    any failure of any Lender to disclose to any Credit Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Credit Party now or hereafter known to such Lender (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Lenders to disclose such information);
(g)    the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Agreement, any Guaranty Supplement or any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of each Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h)    any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Lender that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or any other guarantor or surety.
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the Borrower or any other Credit Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 7.03.    Waivers and Acknowledgments.  (a)  Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Credit Party or any other Person or any collateral.
(b)    Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
(c)    Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Lender that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of each Guarantor or other rights of each Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Credit Parties or any other Person or any collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder.
(d)    Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of any Lender to disclose to each Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by such Lender.
(e)    Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit Documents and that the waivers set forth in Section 7.02 and this Section 7.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 7.04.    Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower, any other Credit Party that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of each of the Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Lender against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or any collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower or any other Credit Party, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, all Guaranteed Hedge Agreements shall have expired or been terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any 

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Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the Maturity Date and (c) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Guaranteed Hedge Agreements, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Lenders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) each Guarantor shall make payment to any Lender of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the Maturity Date shall have occurred and (iv) all Guaranteed Hedge Agreements shall have expired or been terminated, the Lenders will, at each Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to each Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to each Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by each Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
SECTION 7.05.    Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a guaranty supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (each, a “Guaranty Supplement”), (a) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Guaranty to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and each reference in any other Credit Document to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor, and (b) each reference herein to “this Guaranty,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, and each reference in any other Credit Document to the “Guaranty,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.
SECTION 7.06.    Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other payment Obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Credit Party (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 7.06:
(a)    Prohibited Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f), each Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Credit Party on account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f), however, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(b)    Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Credit Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Lenders shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding 

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under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) before each Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.
(c)    Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f), each Guarantor shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Lenders and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of each Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
(d)    Administrative Agent Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f), the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest).
SECTION 7.07.    Continuing Guaranty; Assignments. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (ii) the Maturity Date, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Lenders and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Loans owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 9.04. Except as expressly permitted hereunder, no Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
                               ARTICLE VIII     
 
The Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

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The bank serving as the Administrative Agent, the bank serving as Syndication Agent and the banks serving as Co-Documentation Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacities as Lenders as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent , the Syndication Agent or a Co-Documentation Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent or a Co-Documentation Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein.  None of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Lead Arrangers shall  have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.  
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not 

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be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as the activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required if any Event of Default shall be continuing) to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. 
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SECTION 9.01.    Notices.  (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
(i)    if to the Borrower, to it at TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, 200 South 108th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68154, Attention:  Managing Director, Treasury, Fax:  ****, E‐mail Address:  ****, with a copy to TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, 6940 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Maryland 21046,  Attention:  Deputy General Counsel, Fax:  ****, E‐mail Address:  ****;
(ii)    if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, 3rd Floor, Newark, DE  19713, Attention of Heshan Wanigasekera (Telecopy No. ****) or e-mail ****; and
(iii)    if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b)    Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.  
(c)    Any party hereto may change its address or electronic communication or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02.    Waivers; Amendments.  (a)  No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

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(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase  the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (v) other than as expressly permitted hereunder, release any Guarantor (or otherwise limit any Guarantor’s liability with respect to the Obligations owing to Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Guaranty), (vi) change Section 2.20 without the consent of the Swingline Lenders and the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders or (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or reduce any number or percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the  written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, as the case may be.
SECTION 9.03.    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  (a)  The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and each of their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one law firm acting as primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers and any additional special counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers engaged after consultation with the Borrower, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one law firm acting as primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any additional special counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders engaged after consultation with the Borrower, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during  any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans and (iii) any charges of IntraLinks/IntraAgency or other relevant website or CUSIP charges. 
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Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Action relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or the breach in bad faith of any of such Indemnitee’s express obligations hereunder, and provided further, that this Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Uncommitted Swingline Lenders in their capacities as such.
(d)    To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Credit Party or any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 9.03(b).
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SECTION 9.04.    Successors and Assigns.  (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    (i)    Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A)    the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee (it being understood that the Borrower will be deemed to have consented to an assignment if it has not objected thereto within 5 Business Days following notice thereof); and
(B)    the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment.
(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: 
(A)    except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B)    each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

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(C)    the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
(D)    the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower, the Credit Parties and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws; and
(E)    the assignee shall not be a Competitor, provided that a list of Competitors shall have been made available to all Lenders prior to any assignment, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall furnish to the Lenders lists of Competitors furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv)    The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, 

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and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v)    Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(c), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(vi)    Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lenders, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.17 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from an adoption of or any Change in Law made subsequent to the date hereof that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though 

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it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  
(c)    Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05.    Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments  delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear 

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the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by email or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07.    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08.    Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured.  The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.  (a)  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b)    Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

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(d)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11.    Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12.    Confidentiality.  (a)Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder (with respect to litigation brought by any Person other than the Administrative Agent, any Credit Party or any Lender Party, after the Borrower shall have had notice thereof and the opportunity to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy with respect thereto), (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions no less restrictive than those of this Section to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (vii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied 

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with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b)    EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND  ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  
(c)    ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREDIT PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 9.13.    Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14.    USA PATRIOT ACT.  Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

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SECTION 9.15.    No Fiduciary Duty. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower or its Affiliates arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Document, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower or its Affiliates, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, as Borrower




By:    /s/ Fredric J. Tomczyk 
Name:    Fredric J. Tomczyk
Title:     President and CEO




TD AMERITRADE ONLINE HOLDINGS CORP., as a Guarantor 




By:    /s/ Fredric J. Tomczyk 
Name:    Fredric J. Tomczyk
Title:     President 




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and as a Lender




By:    /s/ Catherine Grossman
Name:    Catherine Grossman
Title:    V.P.




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Swingline Lender and as a Lender


By:    /s/ Brian Correia
Name:    Brian Correia
Title:    Assistant Vice President




BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Co-Documentation Agent, Swingline Lender and as a Lender


By:    /s/ Craig Malloy
Name:    Craig Malloy
Title:    Director

[Signature Page to the TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Credit Agreement]






    








WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Co-Documentation Agent, Swingline Lender and as a Lender


By:    /s/ Michael H. Wheeler
Name:    Michael H. Wheeler
Title:    Vice President




U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Co-Documentation Agent, Swingline Lender and as a Lender


By:    /s/ Charles Howes
Name:    Charles Howes
Title:    Vice President




Bank of New York Mellon
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Thomas Caruso
Name:    Thomas Caruso
Title:    Managing Director




First National Bank of Omaha N.A., as a Lender


By:    /s/ Sean O'Connell
Name:    Sean O'Connell
Title:    Vice President




Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. New York Branch, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Gordon Jan
Name:    Gordon Jan
Title:    VP & Deputy GM




FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

[Signature Page to the TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Credit Agreement]


    






By:    /s/ Jason Lee
Name:    Jason Lee
Title:    S.V.P. & General Manager





[Signature Page to the TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Credit Agreement]








SCHEDULE II
GUARANTORS
TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.



















































SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS


	
		
	Lender
	Commitment

	J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	$49,000,000.00

	Bank of America, N.A.
	$49,000,000.00

	Barclays Bank, PLC
	$49,000,000.00

	U.S. Bank National Association
	$49,000,000.00

	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
	$49,000,000.00

	Bank of New York Mellon
	$22,500,000.00

	First National Bank of Omaha
	$20,000,000.00

	Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
New York Branch
	$7,500,000.00

	First Commercial Bank, New York Branch
	$5,000,000.00

	TOTAL
	$300,000,000.00





























SCHEDULE 3.01(b)
SUBSIDIARIES
	
									
	 
	Subsidiary
	Jurisdiction of Formation
	Authorized Capital
	Capital Outstanding
	Capital Stock Owned
	Shares Subject to Options, Warrants, Rights of Conversion or Purchase, or Similar Rights
	 

	I.     TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
	 

	1
	

	TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.1
	Delaware
	1,000
	106
	100% TD Ameritrade Holding
	none
	 

	II.     TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	 

	1
	

	TD Ameritrade, Inc.
	New York
	200
	200
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	2
	

	TD Waterhouse Canadian Call Center, Inc.
	Ontario
	Unlimited number of shares of  Common Stock
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade, Inc.
	none
	 

	3
	

	TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
	Nebraska
	20,000
	9,946
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	4
	

	Financial Passport, Inc
	Delaware
	1,000
	1,000
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	5
	

	Amerivest Investment Management, LLC
	Delaware
	N/A
	N/A
	100% Financial Passport, Inc.
	none
	 

	6
	

	The Insurance Agency of TD Ameritrade, LLC
	Delaware
	N/A
	N/A
	100% Financial Passport, Inc.
	none
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 1Subsidiaries of TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp. listed in Section II below.
	 













	
									
	 
	Subsidiary
	Jurisdiction of Formation
	Authorized Capital
	Capital Outstanding
	Capital Stock Owned
	Shares Subject to Options, Warrants, Rights of Conversion or Purchase, or Similar Rights
	 

	7
	

	TD Ameritrade Trust Company
	Maine
	15,000
	150
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	8
	

	TD Ameritrade Services Company, Inc.
	Delaware
	1,000
	1,000
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	9
	

	TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
	Delaware
	1,000
	1,000
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	10
	

	ThinkTech, Inc.
	Delaware
	1,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	11
	

	TradeBridge, Inc.
	Maryland
	1,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	12
	

	Ten Bagger, Inc.
	Nevada
	2,000,000
	1,000
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	13
	

	Ameritrade International Company
	Cayman Islands
	50,000
	2
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	14
	

	TD Ameritrade Futures & Forex  LLC
	Delaware
	N/A
	N/A
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	15
	

	Red Option Advisors, Inc.
	Delaware
	1,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 













	
									
	 
	Subsidiary
	Jurisdiction of Formation
	Authorized Capital
	Capital Outstanding
	Capital Stock Owned
	Shares Subject to Options, Warrants, Rights of Conversion or Purchase, or Similar Rights
	 

	16
	

	myTrade, Inc.
	Delaware
	100,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	17
	

	thinkorswim Singapore Pte. Ltd.
	Singapore
	100,000
	4
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	18
	

	Investools Inc.
	Utah
	2,500,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 

	19
	

	Datek Online Management Corp.
	Delaware
	1,000
	100
	100% TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp.
	none
	 





































EXHIBIT A


FORM OF 
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION


This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into between the Assignor named below (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee named below (the “Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.


For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any guarantees and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”).  Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.


1.    Assignor:            ______________________________


2.    Assignee:            ______________________________
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]2]


		
	3.
	Borrower:            TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation 




		
	4.
	Administrative Agent:         JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement


	
	
	 






2Select as applicable.











		
	5.
	Credit Agreement:        The Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., as Guarantor, the Lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto




		
	6.
	 Assigned Interest:


    
	
			
	Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders
	Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned
	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans3

	$
	$
	   %

	$
	$
	   %

	$
	$
	   %






Effective Date:   ______________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]


The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information  (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower, the Credit Parties and their Affiliates or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.


The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:


ASSIGNOR
 
_________________________________ 
NAME OF ASSIGNOR




By:______________________________
   Title:




ASSIGNEE


	
	
	 






3Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders.













_________________________________ 
NAME OF ASSIGNEE




By:______________________________
   Title:




[Consented to and]4 Accepted:


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as 
  Administrative Agent




By_________________________________
  Title:




[Consented to:]5 


TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION




By________________________________
  Title:


[NAME OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT PARTY]




By________________________________
  Title:




	
	
	 






4To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
5To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. Swingline Lender) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.











ANNEX 1


STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION


1.  Representations and Warranties.  


1.1   Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.


1.2.  Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 thereof, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and (v) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.


2.   Payments.    From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the 





        


Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.


3.  General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by email or telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.









EXHIBIT B


LEVERAGE RATIO AND INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO COMPUTATIONS
For the Measurement Period (four consecutive fiscal quarters) ended __________________________(“Statement Date”)
Terms not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation as Borrower, TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., as guarantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto.
		
	I.
	Leverage Ratio


		
	1.
	Ratio of


		
	a.
	Consolidated Debt for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at Statement Date (see II below) to    $_____


		
	b.
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period (see III below)    $_____


		
	I.
	Leverage Ratio (I.1(a) : I.1(b))    ___ : ___


Maximum Permitted for each Measurement Period: 3.00:1.00.
II. Debt for Borrowed Money6 
		
	1.
	The sum of, without duplication


		
	a.
	All items that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as indebtedness 


on a Consolidated balance sheet at Statement Date (including Obligations in 
respect of non-contingent reimbursement obligations pursuant to letters of 
		
	credit)7, plus
	$_____




		
	b.
	All Obligations under acceptance or similar facilities at Statement Date    $_____


		
	II.1.
	(Sum of II.1(a) and II.1(b))    $_____


	
	
	 






 6    With respect to Hedge Agreements, Debt for Borrowed Money shall include only net payment Obligations in respect of Hedge Agreements valued at the Agreement Value.
7     For purposes of calculating Debt for Borrowed Money pursuant to any determination of the Leverage Ratio, Debt for Borrowed Money shall not include Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business by or on behalf of Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries for working capital needs (but will not exclude Debt for the purpose of funding regulatory capital reflected on a Consolidated balance sheet).







        




		
	2.
	To the extent otherwise included in clause II.1(a) or II.1(b) above:


		
	a.
	Liabilities payable to brokers, dealers, clearing organizations, clients and correspondents, and liabilities in respect of securities or commodities sold 
but not yet purchased, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of the 
“broker-dealer” or “commodity futures trading” business of the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries    $_____


		
	b.
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries    $_____


		
	c.
	To the extent constituting an “effective” hedge in accordance with GAAP, prepaid variable forward derivative instruments and prepaid variable forward contract obligations    $_____


		
	d.
	Notes, bills and checks presented in the ordinary course of business to banks for collection or deposit    $_____


		
	e.
	All obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the character referred to in this definition to the extent owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries     $_____


		
	f.
	Debt of the type otherwise permitted under clauses (vii), (viii) (to the extent contractually required to be settled in the Equity Interests of the Borrower), (ix), (x) and (xiv) of Section 5.02(b)    $_____


		
	II.2.
	(Sum of II.2(a) through II.2(f), in each case to the extent otherwise included in clause II.1(a) or II.1(b) above)    $_____


		
	II.
	Debt for Borrowed Money (II.1- II.2)    $_____


III. Consolidated EBITDA 
		
	1.
	Consolidated net income for such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	2.
	The sum of, without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such 
Consolidated net income


		
	a.
	Consolidated Interest Expense for such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	b.
	Consolidated income tax expense for such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	c.
	Depreciation and amortization expense for such Measurement Period    $_____







        


		
	d.
	Any other non-cash or extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring deductions, losses or charges made in determining Consolidated net income for such Measurement Period (other than non-cash charges resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business and any deductions which require or represent the accrual of a reserve for the payment of cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period)    $_____


		
	III.2.
	(Sum of III.2(a) through III.2(d), without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated net income)    $_____


		
	3.
	Without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated net income


		
	a.
	Any non-cash or extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains included in Consolidated net income for such Measurement Period (other than non-cash gains resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business)    $_____


		
	b.
	Any gains realized in connection with any disposition of property during such Measurement Period    $_____


III.3. (Sum of III.3(a) and III.3(b))                                                                            $_____
		
	III.4.
	Without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated net income, any losses, charges or expenses realized in connection with any disposition of property during such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	5.
	Adjustment for any Material Disposition made during such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	6.
	Adjustment for any Material Acquisition made during such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	III.
	Consolidated EBITDA (III.1 + III.2 – III.3 + III.4 - III.5 + III.6)    $_____


		
	IV.
	Minimum Regulatory Net Capital







        


	
							
	A
	B
	C
	D
	E
	F
	G

	Name of Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary”
	Regulatory Net Capital as of Statement Date
	5% of its aggregate debit items calculated using the alternative standard for net capital calculation as of Statement Date
	150% of the required minimum net capital of such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary as of Statement Date
	8 1/3% of the aggregate indebtedness of such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary using the aggregate indebtedness standard for net capital calculation as of Statement Date
	Greater Value of Column D and E
	Is B greater than C or F?

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	[Y/N]
[Y/N]












	
				
	A
	B
	C
	D

	Name of Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition of “Broker-Dealer Subsidiary”
	Regulatory Net Capital as of Statement Date
	150% of the required minimum net capital of such
Broker-Dealer Subsidiary as of Statement Date
	Is B greater than C?

	 
	 
	 
	[Y/N]
[Y/N]






		
	V.
	Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio


		
	1.
	Ratio of


		
	a.
	Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period (see III above) to    $_____


		
	b.
	Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period    $_____


		
	V.
	Interest Coverage Ratio (V.1(a) : V.1(b))    ___ : ___


Minimum Required: 4.00:1.00.







EXHIBIT C


 [FORM OF] 
GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT
_________, ____
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as 
Administrative Agent
Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 (the “Credit Agreement”) among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., as guarantor, the Lenders named therein, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents named therein
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-captioned Credit Agreement and to the Guaranty incorporated in Article VII thereof (such Guaranty, as in effect on the date hereof and as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with this Guaranty Supplement, being the “Guaranty”). The capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.
Section 1.    Guaranty; Limitation of Liability. (a) The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all obligations of each other Credit Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and the Credit Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest (including Post-Petition Interest), premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any other Credit Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Credit Party to any Lender under or in respect of the Credit Documents and the Guaranteed Hedge Agreements but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Credit Party.
(b)    The undersigned, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty Supplement, the Administrative Agent and each other Lender, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty and the obligations of the undersigned 





        


hereunder and thereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty and the obligations of the undersigned hereunder and thereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the undersigned hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the obligations of the undersigned under this Guaranty Supplement and the Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance (after taking into account the provisions of paragraph (c) below).
(c)    The undersigned hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to any Lender under this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any other guaranty, the undersigned will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Lenders under or in respect of the Credit Documents.
Section 2. Obligations Under the Guaranty. The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to be bound as a Guarantor by all of the terms and conditions of the Guaranty to the same extent as each of the other Guarantors thereunder. The undersigned further agrees, as of the date first above written, that each reference in the Guaranty to an “Additional Guarantor” or a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned, and each reference in any other Credit Document to a “Guarantor” or a “Credit Party” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned.
Section 3. Delivery by Telecopier. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty Supplement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty Supplement.
Section 4. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) This Guaranty Supplement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
(b)    The undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any of the other Credit Documents to which it is or is to be a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. The undersigned agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty Supplement or the Guaranty or any other Credit Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty 





        


Supplement, the Guaranty or any of the other Credit Documents to which it is or is to be a party against the undersigned or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    The undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty Supplement, the Guaranty or any of the other Credit Documents to which it is or is to be a party in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)    The undersigned irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.  Nothing in this Guaranty Supplement will affect the right of any party to this Guaranty Supplement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(e)     THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY LENDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
Very truly yours,


[_________________]




By:                         
Name:
Title:











EXHIBIT D-1


[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Ameritrade Online Holding Corp. and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned's conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By:______________________________________ 
    Name: 
    Title:
Date: ________ __, 20[  ]









EXHIBIT D-2


[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Ameritrade Online Holding Corp.  and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned's or its partners/members' conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER]
By:______________________________________ 
    Name: 
    Title:
Date: ________ __, 20[  ]


















EXHIBIT D-3




[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Ameritrade Online Holding Corp. and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned's conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:______________________________________ 
    Name: 
    Title:
Date: ________ __, 20[  ]









EXHIBIT D-4




[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Ameritrade Online Holding Corp. and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned's or its partners/members' conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:______________________________________ 
    Name: 
    Title:
Date: ________ __, 20[  ]